{"nhtsa_id":10159909,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-05-20","date":"2015-11-05","document_id":"08-108-15","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Vehicle System Interface Module Unresponsive This bulletin involves reprogramming the Vehicle System Interface Module (VSIM) with the latest available software. Customers may notice uplift components connected to the VSIM inoperative at times. This is caused by a condition where as the VSIM locks up and becomes unresponsive. No DTCs will be reported for loss of communication between the VSIM and Central Body Controller (CBC). This can be corrected by updating the VSIM with the latest available software. SYMPTOM ONLY FOR 2013 DD AND DP with Power Take Off Prep (Sales Code LBN) Customers may experience after 30 minutes of operation the PTO may shut off. The PTO will start working again after the ignition is cycled.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10159909-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10159909-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10159909","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"RAM","model":"1500","year_from":2013,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_ram_1500","2014_ram_1500","2015_ram_1500"]},{"make":"RAM","model":"2500","year_from":2013,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_ram_2500","2014_ram_2500","2015_ram_2500"]},{"make":"RAM","model":"3500","year_from":2013,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_ram_3500","2014_ram_3500","2015_ram_3500"]},{"make":"RAM","model":"4500","year_from":2013,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_ram_4500","2014_ram_4500","2015_ram_4500"]},{"make":"RAM","model":"5500","year_from":2013,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_ram_5500","2014_ram_5500","2015_ram_5500"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.","attribution":[]}